Support our work
Vibrant Health Advocates – Janus runs on the energy and investment of people who care about the farming communities of Argyll. Whether you are a local business, a health professional who wants to put your expertise to work in the field, or an individual who believes that rural health equity matters, there is a place for you here.
Everything we do — every farm visit, every workshop, every information pack — depends on the generosity and involvement of people like you. We are a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation and every pound we raise goes directly to our charitable purpose: getting useful health information to the farming and crofting families who need it.
We are deliberately small and local — which means your contribution has a direct and visible effect. When you donate, you can see exactly what it makes possible. When you volunteer, you work alongside the families whose lives you are helping to improve. When you partner with us, you become part of a community that is genuinely making rural Argyll healthier and safer.
Whether you have five pounds to spare or five hours a month, your contribution makes a real difference to farming families across Argyll.
A donation of any size directly funds outreach work with farming and crofting families across Argyll — from the cost of a farm visit to the printing of a full run of our health information packs. We are a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation and all donations are used entirely for our charitable purpose.
Make a donationWe welcome volunteers with healthcare backgrounds, agricultural experience, or skills in communications, administration, and event support. Our volunteers play a real and valued role in everything from running Body MOT sessions to staffing our stand at the Oban mart.
Volunteer with usWe work with agricultural suppliers, rural businesses, GP practices, and community organisations across Argyll to extend our reach and improve our resources. If your organisation works with farming families and shares our commitment to rural health, we would love to explore what a partnership might look like.
Talk to usOur volunteers are a central part of how we operate. Many of them have backgrounds in nursing, physiotherapy, occupational health, or agriculture itself — but equally important are people who are simply good with people, organised, and passionate about the farming communities of Argyll.
Volunteering might mean staffing our stand at the Oban Livestock Mart on sale days, helping run a Body MOT session alongside one of our trained practitioners, contributing to an information pack, or simply driving an outreach worker to a holding in a remote part of the peninsula. Every bit of support extends our reach.
We provide full training for all volunteers and work flexibly around your own commitments. We know that people who choose to give time to a rural charity often have their own agricultural responsibilities — we work around the farming calendar, not against it.
"I've spent twenty years working in occupational health and never felt my skills were as directly useful as they are when I'm at a Body MOT session in a village hall in Argyll."
Our volunteers come from across the UK but most are based in the Oban area and the wider Argyll region. If you live further afield and would like to help remotely, we have opportunities in content development and communications too.